Peteski Posted June 23 Share Posted June 23 I have just downloaded Home Designer Architectural 2024 and am a newbie with CAD and home design on software. I am a DIYer attempting to plan a major landscape redesign. I wanted to use this tool to visualize what I am thinking and place our house accurately on our lot. I had a survey done about a year ago. I have created the exterior walls and windows/doors and that was pretty straight forward. I think I have that pretty much right. We have a single story ranch with two bump outs with gables that are 90 degrees to the main roof line. I watched the tutorials and every combination I have tried either produces a roof that is not correct, or creates a wonky roof structure and I get a bunch of error and/or warning messages. I think it should be way simpler than what I am doing, but I can seem to find the right combination. I have tried changing every wall to a hip and just doing the two main walls as gable, but the build roof always creates additional roof structure that is unwanted. We have a pretty basic roof truss structure that defines the E-W roofline and the bump outs are gable roofs as well. I am wondering if the issue is with my version and do I need to upgrade? It seems like this should be a very solvable problem as we have a pretty common roof style. Are there good books you can recommend on this topic? The standard tutorials are not helping with my issue. Thanks very much! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peteski Posted June 26 Author Share Posted June 26 Eric, Thanks so much for your assistance! No rush at all. My yard is a disaster but looking to DIY as much as I can on the yard. Apologize for the obscured front. I tried to reset the default wall settings back as you suggested. I have also included some photos. They are dark and I am hoping they are sufficient to see what I am attempting to do. Very much appreciate your support and the support from the community. housepictures.zip 20240622 1695 Iris First Try.plan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peteski Posted July 2 Author Share Posted July 2 Eric, I was out of town last week and not able to get to my home computer. It looks like you posted a video which says it has been removed. Did I miss something. Thanks very much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jo_Ann Posted July 2 Share Posted July 2 jpeg pics of the house should be posted directly to the forum, not a PDF. All 4 sides should be shown, for someone to know what the roof is supposed to look like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peteski Posted July 3 Author Share Posted July 3 Jo Ann, Thanks for your response. I created a Zip file called housepictures.zip. When you unpack this, it has JPG files with images of all sides. Appreciate the support. housepictures.zip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renerabbitt Posted July 3 Share Posted July 3 for those that dont want to download the zip. These are the contained images: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jo_Ann Posted July 3 Share Posted July 3 jpeg pics of the house should be posted directly to the forum. Not a PDF, and NOT a zip file that needs to be downloaded. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jo_Ann Posted July 3 Share Posted July 3 Thank you Rene. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jo_Ann Posted July 3 Share Posted July 3 Is this what the roof is supposed to look like? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Peteski Posted July 12 Author Share Posted July 12 On 7/3/2024 at 4:12 PM, Jo_Ann said: Is this what the roof is supposed to look like? x Yes! This looks very close. Sorry I missed this post until now. What did I have wrong? Thanks Jo Ann. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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